What is body pump workout? Bodypump seems to be the perfect barbell meets aerobic fat loss solution. According to its teachers it is the perfect fat loss solution since it uses weights which will improve your metabolism and burn more calories. They say that one session burns an average of 530 calories.

What is body pump workout? Bodypump seems to be the perfect barbell meets aerobic fat loss solution. According to its teachers it is the perfect fat loss solution since it uses weights which will improve your metabolism and burn more calories. They say that one session burns an average of 530 calories.

What does a typical body pump workout class look like? The classes are done like an aerobic class, where you keep moving almost continuously to the beat of music, only in this case you use light weight barbells and do traditional barbell exercises like rows, squats, presses, etc.

Advantages of body pump workout: Bodypump sessions improves muscular endurance since they make you do lots of reps. It works for those who have been doing too much cardio for too long as the added weights will help add some intensity initially to get some fat off.

Disadvantages of body pump workout: Too much high rep training with no low rep heavy weight training is not ideal in the long run, and can burn you out, i.e. physical burnout not the fat burn that they claim. Also, do note that more intense and heavy lifting is needed if maximum bodyfat is to be burned.

Considerations: Though in theory it sounds like the perfect solution, in reality it is not so easy. The fact is that weight training does indeed improve metabolism, but the increased caloric burn is observed for about 38 hours following the workout and not so much during the workout itself. And to get that \"afterburn\" for more than 24 hours following a weight training session, you need to lift heavy weights that work you hard in the 8-15 reps range, unlike the bodypump format where you do lots of reps with light weights. Also their claim that bodypump workouts add strength is baseless. The fact remains that only heavy weights make you strong!